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Grocery and convenience stores in Leavenworth County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for grocery and convenience stores in Leavenworth County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 88 out of 100: High

Ranked #62 of 2,402 scored counties
#4 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
30
15 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$191.7M
On groceries · $6,355 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
89% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
84,590
+3.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For grocery and convenience stores, Leavenworth County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #62 of 2,402 scored counties and #4 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for grocery and convenience stores.

As of September 2026, map listings count 30 grocery and convenience stores in Leavenworth County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 42% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.

Household spending on groceries in Leavenworth County comes to about $191.7M a year: $6,355 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $6.4M per store, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Leavenworth County classed as grocery and convenience stores. That is one for every 3,016 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Leavenworth County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Leavenworth County compares

The same measures for Kansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Grocery and convenience stores in Leavenworth County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureLeavenworth CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.916.918.7
Spending per listing$6.4M$3.6M$3.4M
Households per official establishment3,0162,0351,293
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+7.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on groceries$6,355$6,053$6,319
Median household income$89,218$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score8858

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
342
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
16Businesses with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3015 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in Leavenworth County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in Leavenworth County

Population, 2025 estimate
84,590+3.2% since 2020
Households
30,164
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
463 sq. mi.
People per square mile
179
Median household income
$89,218+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,343
Median home value
$282,900
Jobs located here
19,895
Daytime population
67,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Grocery and convenience stores across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for grocery and convenience stores, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Leavenworth County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for grocery and convenience stores by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS911611.6$5.4M+5.9%#36 of 2,402
2Johnson County, KS8928411.4$6.1M+4.2%#52 of 2,402
3Butler County, KS88218.3$7.5M+3.1%#61 of 2,402
4Leavenworth County, KS88309.9$6.4M+3.2%#62 of 2,402
5Douglas County, KS795911.7$5.1M+1.8%#193 of 2,402
6Jackson County, KS76510.0$6M+1.5%#257 of 2,402
7Sedgwick County, KS7628513.8$4.3M+2.6%#265 of 2,402
8Shawnee County, KS747910.5$5.6M0.0%#307 of 2,402
9Sumner County, KS721112.3$4.7M−0.1%#379 of 2,402
10Ellis County, KS691713.9$4.1M+0.4%#459 of 2,402

Other business types in Leavenworth County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many grocery and convenience stores are in Leavenworth County, KS?

Leavenworth County has 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Leavenworth County, KS spend on groceries?

About $191.7M a year, or $6,355 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,164 households in Leavenworth County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Leavenworth County, KS compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?

Leavenworth County has 9.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $6.4M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, Leavenworth County would have about 57, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,016 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S.

How fast is Leavenworth County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Leavenworth County at 84,590 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,164 households. Median household income in Leavenworth County is $89,218, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Leavenworth County scores 88 for grocery and convenience stores (high), #62 of 2,402 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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